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Serious unclassified road crash in Coventry CV6 on 18 March 2003 at 16:55 involving a Moto Guzzi motorcycle

A Moto Guzzi motorcycle and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Coventry at 16:55 on Tuesday 18 March 2003. The 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured and the 51-year-old male rider of the Moto Guzzi motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Mar 2003
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Moto Guzzi and Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42742, longitude -1.5217, in the CV6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coventry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Radford, Coventry, CV6 3FU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200320M023003
Council area
Coventry
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Moto Guzzi

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    98 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Moto Guzzi)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200320M023003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Coventry road accident statistics for 2003.